In pleading guilty before U.S. District Judge Norman Mordue, Blomquist made no admission about what kind of criminal conduct the proceeds had come from. But Assistant U.S. Attorney Steven Clymer said in court that it was from more than 20 years of dealing drugs.

Starting in 2003, Blomquist paid $1.7 million in cash to contractors and on building supplies to construct the large lakeside home at 1808 W. Lake Road, Clymer said. Blomquist forfeited his interest in the house, which is owned by his daughter, Christie Blomquist.

View full sizeJohn Berry / The Post-StandardCharles Blomquist poured $1.7 million in criminal profits into the construction of this mansion beside Skaneateles Lake.

The government plans to take possession of the home at some point, Clymer said.

Blomquist, who has no job and no legitimate source of income, had more than $1 million hidden in a bank account in Switzerland, Clymer said.

Blomquist and federal prosecutors agreed he would be sentenced to 87 months in prison under the plea deal. That's the sentence he'll get if U.S. District Judge Norman Mordue agrees to it. Sentencing will be Nov. 22.

Neither Blomquist nor his lawyers would comment after his court appearance.

Blomquist has a history of criminal drug convictions and trying to hide drug profits. In 1987, while he was on probation for a drug conviction out of Florida, Blomquist was accused of purchasing money orders totaling $47,000 in $1,000 denominations from seven Auburn banks in an effort to keep the government from learning about the transactions. He was convicted of a misdemeanor.